Exelis FIS-B: Status & Future Presentation for Friends & Partners in Aviation Weather 2014 Paul Freeman July 22, 2014 Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS) Program Copyright 2014 Exelis Inc.
Exelis SBS Overview ADS-B UAT 1090ES Exelis is under contract with the FAA to design, deploy, and operate the U.S. Surveillance & Broadcast Services (SBS) infrastructure. SBS includes several major components: > Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B): Receives air-to-ground aircraft traffic data on 2 frequency bands & sends to Air Traffic Control. > Wide Area Multilateration (WAM): Performs ground-to-air interrogation of aircraft transponders to determine aircraft position & sends to Air Traffic Control. > Traffic Information System Broadcast (TIS-B): Transmits ground-to-air traffic data on 2 frequency bands of of aircraft not equipped with ADS-B. > Automatic Dependent Surveillance Rebroadcast (ADS-R): Retransmits aircraft traffic data ground-to-air on the opposite frequency band. > Flight Information System Broadcast (FIS-B): Transmits ground-to-air data on UAT frequency band of weather & aeronautical information products. Non-Equipped Radio Station Control FAA Station FIS-B Provider Surveillance of ADS-B equipped aircraft for Air Traffic Control and Aircraft Situational Awareness TIS-B UAT 1090ES Non-Equipped Radio Station Control FAA Station FIS-B Provider Uplink of Surveillance Data of Non-ADSB equipped aircraft for Aircraft Situational Awareness ADS-R Non-Equipped Radio Station Control FAA Station FIS-B Provider Cross-Linking of ADS-B data for Aircraft Situational Awareness FIS-B UAT UAT Non-Equipped Radio Station 1090ES 1090ES FIS-B Provider Control Station FAA Uplink of Weather and other Flight Information for UAT Equipped Aircraft 2
Exelis SBS System Discriminating Features The Exelis SBS System has passed a rigorous FAA Safety Case & is certified & approved for use with 4 different automation systems. > Demonstrated to be safe. The Exelis SBS System has passed a rigorous Security Certification & Accreditation inspection. > Demonstrated to be secure. The Exelis SBS System is designed to be robust & scalable with built in: > Protections from Spoofing & Denial of Service attacks. > Provisions for flexible distribution of data. > Provisions to determine GPS local health status & usability. The Exelis SBS System has a robust overarching monitoring & control solution. 3
Exelis SBS Status Exelis SBS has completed the baseline deployment of over 600 SBS ground stations deployed across all 50 states, territories, and the Gulf of Mexico. > Deployment of additional radio stations to expand coverage is ongoing Provides operational services to over 200 FAA facilities. > System has passed FAA safety case. > System has achieved security accreditation through independent audit from FAA security office. Over 5 years of operational experience. > Hundreds of man-years of data analysis verifying: > Operational suitability of developed infrastructure for each FAA facility, > Data anomalies associated with avionics installations, > Identification of system errors including network routing, RF interference, as well as anomalous delivery of data across the operational network. 4
Exelis SBS System High Level Architecture 1090 ES A/V UAT A/V ATCRBS/MODE S A/V ADS-B Messages ADS-B/TIS-B Messages ADS-B Messages ADS-B/TIS-B Messages FIS-B Message Transponder Replies ATCRBS/Mode S MLAT Interrogations Radio Station Radio Station Layout Provides RF Coverage Over a Set of Service Volumes Radio Station Segment Radio Station - MLAT Capable Network Segment (MPLS) NOC OCN Control Stations Control Stations WSI FIS-B Data Source Control Segment WSI FIS-B Backup Network Segment (MPLS + Private Line) ADS-B/Multilateration Reports Service Status Reports TIS-B and FIS-B Reports Radar, WAM, ASDE-X Data SBS FAA ATC Automation SDPs FAA Service Monitor SDP FAA TIS-B Data SDP FAATC and FAAAC Legend: Radio Network Control FAA Weather 5
600+ Exelis SBS Ground Stations Deployed across 50 states, territories, and Gulf of Mexico 6
A Typical Co-Located SBS radio site 7
A Typical Airport SBS Radio Site 8
SBS Oil Platform Installation ATP Innovator ADS-B Antennas AWOS SBS Radios ITT Building Located Inside Surveillance and Broadcast Services Copyright 2009 ITT Corporation - use/disclosure of data is subject to restrictions on title page. 6 9
SBS Monitoring Approach Hybrid combination of traditional trap collection & service aware monitors Focuses on impact to services Scales to meet demands of large, nationwide system Identifies & assigns tickets to anomaly source asset Produces a manageable volume of actionable tickets 10
Exelis SBS Network Operations Center, Herndon VA 11
Situational Awareness Graphical Environment (SAGE) 12
FIS-B Data Flow Aircraft with UAT FIS-B receiver Weather sensors NWS Weather data SBS radio station (Exelis) Weather data FIS-B products to be uplinked by specific radios FAA Aeronautical (non-weather) data FIS-B data provider (WSI) FIS-B product data FIS-B server in SBS Control Station (Exelis) 13
FIS-B Avionics & Displays Avionics capable of receiving & displaying FIS-B products range from certified/installed units through non-certified/portable units costing only a few hundred dollars. 14
Current FIS-B Products: Text Products Product METAR SPECI (METAR) Description Aviation Routine Weather Report Unscheduled Special Weather Report SBSS-Required Update Interval 1 minute (where available), As Available otherwise PIREP Pilot Reports As Available TAF / AMEND Wind & Temperatur e Aloft Terminal Aeronautical Forecast Computer-prepared forecasts of winds & temperatures aloft 8 Hours 12 Hours SBSS-Required Transmission Interval 5 minutes 10 minutes WSI s Data Source NOAAport, FAA AIDAP 15
Current FIS-B Products: Text/Graphic Products Product AIRMET Convective SIGMET SIGMET NOTAM-D NOTAM- FDC SUA Status Description Airman s Meteorological Information: mountain obscuration, icing, or turbulence Convective Significant Meteorological Information: severe, extensive, or prolonged thunderstorm Significant Meteorological Information: turbulence, icing, or IMC conditions. Distant Notice To Airmen: Information requires wide dissemination Flight Data Center Notice To Airmen: Information that is regulatory Special Use Airspace status SBSS-Required Update Interval As Available As Available, then at 15 minute intervals for 1 hour As Available As Available SBSS-Required Transmission Interval 5 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes WSI s Data Source NOAAport, FAA AIDAP Text: FAA AIDAP. Graphic: NAIMES NIWS FAA SUA Gateway 16
Current FIS-B Products: Graphic Products Product Description SBSS-Required Update Interval SBSS- Required Transmission Interval WSI s Data Source CONUS NEXRAD Regional NEXRAD Contiguous United States Next Generation Radar Regional Next Generation Radar ~5 minutes (10 minutes for clear air mode) ~5 minutes (10 minutes for clear air mode) 15 minutes NOAAport, NWS Central Weather Service for single-site 2.5 minutes NEXRAD 17
Path Forward: Potential FIS-B Improvements & Additional FIS-B Products Potential new products which could be added to FIS-B include: > Lightning > Turbulence NOWcast > Icing NOWcast > Cloud Top Heights > One-Minute Airport Observations (OMO) > D-ATIS > NTSB: CWA and MWA products 18
Questions? paul.freeman@exelisinc.com Thank you for the opportunity to present at Friends & Partners in Aviation Weather 2014! 19